transfixed
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Watching it make its way down the wall transfixed Dorfman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Even though our granny was, like all people in the mountains, well acquainted with Dolly by that point, she was still transfixed.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
I sat still for a few minutes, transfixed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Block described staring up at the gallery wall, transfixed by the horror.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
But now in this waiting, burdened silence it seemed that all flesh waited—paused, transfixed by something in the middle of the air—for the quickening power.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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The Crucible
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